Figurine

Maker
Mateasi Maro
Description
Figure of a woman with ear plugs, arm bands and ankle bands. Etched ear decoration (Union Jack motif). Carvings of women are much less common than those of men. No hair depicted.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Wood.
Measurements
420 x 90 x 60mm - HxWxD
Production place
Roromaru, Santa Catalina, Solomon Islands
Collection
Mead Collection/Solomon Island/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1973/49/10

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